1786 Delaware gubernatorial election

1786 Delaware gubernatorial election

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Nominee Thomas Collins Party Nonpartisan Popular vote 30 Percentage 100.00%

Governor before election Nicholas Van Dyke Nonpartisan Elected Governor Thomas Collins Nonpartisan

The 1786 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on October 26, 1786, in order to elect the President of Delaware. (The office would be renamed to Governor in 1792.) Thomas Collins was unanimously elected by the Delaware General Assembly as he ran unopposed. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

General election

On election day, October 26, 1786, Thomas Collins was unanimously elected as the 8th President of Delaware. Collins was sworn in on October 28, 1786. ^[5]

Results

Delaware gubernatorial election, 1786

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Thomas Collins	30	100.00
Total votes			30	100.00
	Nonpartisan hold

References

1. "Thomas Collins". National Governors Association. January 20, 2009. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
2. Biographical and Genealogical History 1899, pp. 67–68.
3. Conrad 1908, p. 825.
4. Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Delaware state, 1781-1792, and of the Constitutional Convention of 1792. Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses. 1988. p. 392. ISBN   978-0-87413-309-7.
5. "President of Delaware". ourcampaigns.com. August 10, 2008. Retrieved 2023-11-13.

Sources

• Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware. 1899. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
• Conrad, Henry Clay (1908). History of the State of Delaware, Volume 3 . Retrieved 2023-02-17.